New Shire created in the Kingdom of Lochac

The former Canton of Krae Glas is now the newest Shire in the Kingdom of
Lochac.
At its January meeting, the SCA's Board of Directors approved the change in
status from Canton to Shire for Krae Glas. The group, formerly a canton of the
Barony of Stormhold, is located in the south-eastern suburbs of the city of
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne, with a population approaching 4
million, is Australia's second largest city, and was the capital of Australia
until 1927 when the purpose-built Canberra (the Barony of Politarchopolis, in
SCA geography) was completed.

The new Shire includes parts of Western and Southern Gippsland and the
Mornington Peninsula. It recently played host to the Kingdom of Lochac's 12th
Night Coronation. This means the the Melbourne region now is made up of the
Barony of Stormhold (with its Canton of Dubh Thrain in the north and the
College of St Bartolomew at Melbourne University), the Shire of Arrowsreach to
the east, and the Shire of Krae Glas (with the College of St Monica at Moansh
University) to the south-east. Its neighbors are the incipient Shire of Cairn
Faill to the west (Ballarat and the Goldfields) and the Incipient Canton of
Iseldir to the south and east (Bass Coast and Gippsland). The closest official
groups to Melbourne are the Barony of Innilgard to the west (470 miles/750km
away) and the Shire of Borderscros to the north (200 miles/300km away).